Debate Class Syllabus

Students in this course must be active members of the Indiana University Competitive Debate Program. Active members are expected to attend debate meetings and establish semester-long objectives with the director of debate. Debate program work can include traveling to tournaments, participating in practice debate rounds, debate file production, assistance in public debate activities, promoting the debate program to the public, or assisting with the hosting of tournaments. Each student must at least complete one research assignment, where a student will research various angles of a controversy, producing usable files for team members.

Learning objectives include: 

1) Speech delivery and writing
2) Group Leadership
3) Research and Information Processing
4) Team and programmatic management
5) Growth in knowledge on each topic year's topic

Grades will be based on an evaluation of the quality and depth of a student's participation in the debate program. 1-credit hour worth of work is at least 3 hours of work each week during the semester.

Grades will be A, B, C, D, or F.